CARRABASSETT VALLEY (AP) — A second chairlift shut down at Sugarloaf is going to remain out of service for the remainder of the season. Resort officials announced that they were unable to get a part needed to repair the Timberline lift in time for the weekend. Sugarloaf took Timberline out of service on April 2 […]
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Sugarloaf shuts down 2nd ski lift as precaution after accident
CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine — Sugarloaf shut down the Timberline lift on Thursday as a precautionary measure after a maintenance crew found the drive shaft had an abnormal level of wear and tear, according to information posted on the ski resort’s Facebook page. Sugarloaf shut down the King Pine chairlift on March 21 after a drive […]
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In the Crease: “The” Academy is in session
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — “The Academy.” Nobody really calls it that, of course. Using “The” implies a singular entity, one that is unique, at least among its peers. And Carrabassett Valley Academy, while renowned for its ability to educate and train some of the best alpine skiers, freestylists and snowboarders in the world, is not alone […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Techs have skiers singing the right tune
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Danijel Andisilic didn’t stand on a podium at the U.S. Alpine Championships this week. He didn’t hold up a gold-plated hatchet, or coast into the finish corral to a round of adoring adulation. Drew Duffy, Alice McKennis, Nina O’Brien, Tim Jitloff and Mikaela Shiffrin have done that. But they wouldn’t have, without […]
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‘It takes everyone’: Sugarloaf volunteers and staff manage big races
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Bruce Miles knows the saying, “It takes a village,” might be a little worn out these days, but Friday he could think of no other way to describe the behind-the-scenes efforts that go into putting on a world-class ski race. Miles, a member of the Sugarloaf Ski Club, and 90 other club […]
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U.S. Alpine Championhips: Tried and true, Jitloff rules GS again
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Score one for crow’s feet and weary bones. World Cup veteran Tim Jitloff sped to his third consecutive giant slalom victory at the U.S. Alpine Championships, rallying from a modest deficit of three-hundredths of a second to leapfrog Tommy Ford on the second run Friday afternoon. It is the sixth overall national title […]
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Ski lift firm issues safety warning after Sugarloaf accident
Partek Ski Lifts, based in Pine Island, New York, advised ski resort operators using Borvig and Partek chairlifts to perform safety checks and to pay close attention to an electrical switch believed to have played a role in the accident at Sugarloaf. The National Ski Areas Association believes about 170 Borvig and Partek lifts could […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Vonn’s comeback tour concludes at Sugarloaf
Thursday’s appearance at Sugarloaf is part victory lap, part motivational speaking tour for Lindsey Vonn. Not that she requires the adulation, and not that she needs to say a word. Vonn, 30, is coming off a season in which she cast out the demons of two surgical reconstructions of her right knee, adding two World […]
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March 2015: Broken gearbox driveshaft led to Sugarloaf lift accident, investigation indicates
PORTLAND (AP) — A chairlift malfunction that injured seven skiers at the Sugarloaf ski area was caused by a broken drive shaft in a gearbox that allowed the lift to move in reverse and by a brake system that failed to stop the lift because of a design flaw, officials said Wednesday. The lift, carrying […]
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U.S. Skiing: Sugarloaf welcomes back U.S. Championships
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Nearly a full year after it was announced that Sugarloaf would be hosting the 2015 U.S. Alpine Championships, the event is finally ready to roll. Some of the best American-born skiers from across the country descended on the Carrabassett Valley mountain Tuesday to get a feel for the slopes leading up to the […]